May 12, 2007
Sherry Turkle's sobering thoughts on communication and alienation
Howard Rheingold on Smart Mobs picks up on a Forbes article on MIT professor Sherry Turkle, author of "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet " and a keen observer of socio-technological practices.
"Thanks to technology, people have never been more connected--or more alienated".
"... We live in techno-enthusiastic times, and we are most likely to celebrate our gadgets. Certainly the advertising that sells us our devices has us working from beautiful, remote locations that signal our status. We are connected, tethered, so important that our physical presence is no longer required. There is much talk of new efficiencies; we can work from anywhere and all the time. But tethered life is complex; it is helpful to measure our thrilling new networks against what they may be doing to us as people. ...
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